5Select

5Select is a British free-to-air television channel which features documentaries and dramas and Channel 5 original content.[1][2]

5Select
Launched13 February 2018 (2018-02-13)
NetworkChannel 5
Owned byChannel 5 Broadcasting Ltd UK
(ViacomCBS Networks UK & Australia)
Picture format16:9 576i SDTV
Audience share0.29% (22 March 2020 (2020-03-22), BARB)
CountryUnited Kingdom
LanguageEnglish
Broadcast areaUnited Kingdom
ReplacedMy5
Sister channel(s)
Websitechannel5.com
Availability
Terrestrial
FreeviewChannel 54
Satellite
FreesatChannel 133
Sky
(UK only)		Channel 153
Astra 2G10964 H 22000 5/6
Cable
Virgin MediaChannel 152

History

Channel 5 were set to launch a new channel called 5Prime. It was going to be a catch-up channel, launching in January 2018, but it was never officially launched. A month later, 5Prime was rebranded as 5Select and it launched at 9:00am on 13 February 2018, with the first programme, Access, being shown.[3]

Programming

First-run
  • Access
  • The Dog Rescuers: Best in Show
  • The Secret Life of Owls
  • Striking Out
  • The Yorkshire Vet Casebook
  • World War 1 in Colour

Second-run
gollark: And it never refreshes, either.
gollark: Bad idea: biomes now show infinite-scroll list of tiny-font descriptions.
gollark: I see magmas in the cave quite a lot but never actually *get* them.
gollark: You can probably tell, since that's a fell.
gollark: Cartwheel* is Taako on here, I think.

References
  1. "What is 5SELECT?". www.faqs.channel5.com. Retrieved 11 February 2018.
  2. Information from What's on TV, magazine dated 10 February until 16 February 2018.
  3. "New C5 service to be called 5Select". a516digital.


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